Show ROOSEVELT IS 1 ANSWERED BY i. i b UTAH WOMEN I His Opinion on Suffrage Publicly Expressed I Causes TalK Here WHAT WELL KNOWN SALT LAKERS SAY And Wail Comes From Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- Col- Col orado Too Many Views Given There being nothing on which President Pros Pros- dent Roosevelt Is not ot willing to express an opinion opinion and and in so 50 doing bankrupting bankrupting bankrupt bankrupt- ing lug the tho printers printer's supply of Is it uIs it was not surprising now's now news which tho the dispatches dispatches dis dis- patches brought yesterday President Roosevelt said they Sins has 1118 expressed himself on the benefits or non benefits of or woman suffrage A dispatch was printed in yesterdays yesterday's issue of this paper and so came come to the attention of prominent women throughout through through- h. h out oat this city and state More Moro or less discussion of the presidents president's 8 statements I is on today and tome tame of tho the comments arc extremely interesting Utah is one of four western states I which ha have havo o woman suffrage the other three bein being C Colorado lorado Wyoming and Idaho Utah women got rot ri rights ht and privileges b by fighting for them when the states state's constitution was being draft draft- ed They went into the constitutional convention and wa waged ed such a fi fight ht that nothing le less than thau complete victory could have been the result One of the strongest opponents of any clause on woman suffrage e was B. B H. H Roberts It was this thinker ana ane orator who helped mi mightily ht to make the tho outcome doubtful I Today Mr Ir Roberts is a champion of the very ery thin thing woman thing woman suffrage suffrage- which ho he fou fought ht so bitterly years ago No Ko better argument could be made in favor of the thing President Roosevelt has has chosen chosen bosen us the subject for his latest subI lett letter r. r For it was a a. letter etter a 3 letter to tho the Outlooks Outlook's editor Rev Lyman Abbott Abbott Ab Ab- bott President Roosevelt is to bo bo be-as- as- as s editor of tho Outlook but in in explaining explaining- that the pr presidents president's letter was not intended for publication tho the thore re recipient punctures tim tho impression that Woman Suffrage e by T. T Roosevelt A. A E. E J is an initial contribution Mrs IrB Hayward Talks Women who have bave taken an active part in obtaining and utilizing s suffrage I in this state are not at all aU backward I in affirming firmin that it is is a splendid thing I Mrs H. H J. J Hayward ward second vice vice- I president ent of the National Council of Women of Utah aud and a delegate to tho Democratic national convention at Denver Don Den ver var voiced the sentiment of hundreds of her ber sister voters this mornin morning after reading the presidents president's statement over os-cr severa several several times I HI hardly see any necessity for commenting com corn upon it sho said aid Utah has bas woman suffrage and aud Utah believes in it thoroughly because the state understands understands under under- stands it I do not believe Utah will wilt admit that tho the women of the neg neg- lect bet their homes to take part in iii political affairs Some things the president says a are vcr very sen sensible ble but anyone could sa say these same Bame thin things Regarding the issue he seems Mems on neither side aide on tho fence to use a familiar phrase I HI I am an not surprised that ho has expressed expressed ex ox- pressed himself on the subject my any surprise surprise sur- sur sur sur- prise is that ho admits he does doos not know all nil about tho the subject Mrs Irs Hayward Ha received a representative tive tire of this paper in in a a. most most homey of homes Durin During the conversation on children entered catered the room and after a moments moment's conference with mamma left In an adjoining room a canary trilled cheerily A A. pet do dog following its young oun master into the house came in inand in inand and coaxed acquaintance with the visitor vis s-Is- after putting its paws on its mistress mistress mistress' mistress mistress' mis tress' tress lap to insure its bein being permitted to remain indoors Th The house was wac homelike spotlessly b tidy and the tha m mother moth moth- er was one of Utah's most prominent women When she said II I r do not believe Utah will admit that the women of the state ne neglect lect thAir homes to take part partin in things political the tha visitor could not hold back a hearty bearty You Tou bet not Many Prominent Women There are many women om on to see regarding re- re garding girding this subject continued Mrs Irs ward Has Mrs Wells one of Utah's greatest women women- Mrs rg P. P S S. S Richards president of the Utah branch of the national association Mrs Irs Dennis Dennis Den Den- nis Eichnor first ice vice president t Mrs l rs Margaret Zane Witcher who led tho the victorious Republican R ticket through h her candidacy far jr county clerk and several Meral dozen others I could name off rapidly All these women have bavo taken and are taking active e parts in the tho making making ma ml kin king of Utah's Utah IS history and cry every one of them is wholly a woman 4 But Bat do not need any argument ment meat any an- talks They bavo have seen worn worn- nu flu suffrage in effect and understand how it works work Ask old timers what That a difference there was wrought ron h t aroun around polling places when women got Jot tho the right to vote A thorough woman does docs not loso lose h her womanliness when hon she sho goes oes to the poll to cast a H ballot for thin things she sho i is interested t d in instead she she- carrica carries car car- rica ries her womanliness with her and it has baa a good influence P f some wom women n in in M some tOmo mo states neglect their homes but not in in Utah Vital issues are arc up con constantly for at It on in in this state and these theco are issues is ill sues slice every evory thoroughly womanly woman should houd be interested in n promulgating atin or discouraging And the they are arc interested ami they the do u encourage or ell ills discourage Continued on oa J page 7 ROOSEVELT Continued from page pace 1 1 And ADl above all t Y aro are women with love 6 ove of homo home and nd all it holds bold With these conditions obtaining there hero is no room for argument or de debate de- de bate rate and there thero can cnn be none I attribute at- at tribute tho the tone of ot tho the pl presidents president's ident's l letter letter let let- t. t ter or ur rather the absence o of ol tone tono to the fact tact that ho he does not understand as do Just ono one thing more Tho president prow dent says sas bo be doesn't docen t re regard rd the movement move II ment as anything important and points out that women themselves nr are lukewarm lukewarm luke luke- warm wann to a great extent He lie lie is 19 partially par right ri in tho the second statement Should Utilize Bights Rights I I believe e tho the women of Utah should c t pir ir rights more in school elec elect Women should hould be members of school boards th this is something they the arc aro peculiarly fitted for Utah women should take moro more interest in these particular particular par par- things it would benefit our schools Coming Comins as ns it does after tho the recent n school ejection more a sustaining of ot powers that lou ought ht not to be bl this this suggestion is worthy of ot much thou thought ht Conversations with ith women omen and men of prominence shows that both believe women are aro loss ea easily il intimidated dated that they vote for what seems to them ri right ht and just With With hymen T men represents represented on the school boards much that is now now objectionable in school management nt would woul l bo be eliminated eliminated- ted Mrs Hayward is is b bj by no mc means ns alone lone in ee seeing in inthe the tho need of ot woman womans woman's 8 influence in school hool management as well wen as in tho school school- room In Iu view of this fact the next school hool election may havo have some nomo new fea Ica tures But this is is a detail covered by a big biJ proposition 1 wo t woman a suffrage c. c U Utah ah i women are now reading and discussing in the presidents president's letter But there is no noar ar argument argument no no no debate debato Had th president president dent said something against woman su suffrage fra c it would havo o been different but hut in keeping his ig letter on the deal dead deadline dead deadline line ho furnished no material for ment meat Women of Utah aro are content to let tho the history of woman suffrage o in Utah do its own talking and meet any ny argument against woman womans woman's s franchise Color Colorado do women arc are also discussing tho the president presidents I letter COLORADO WOMEN DISCUSS STATEMENT r Dl DENVER VEn NVER Dec G. G Women G Women prominent In political atTain affair of or Colorado where suffrage u r Jc Js is given them do not a agree tee reo with President Roosevelt that no apo e- e Improvement In the position of ot womEn women wo wo- men In 10 those state of or tho the w west t which have adopted woman suffrage Is noticeable notice notice- able The Tho presidents president's opinion was expressed ex expressed x ex- pressed In a l letter to Dr Lyman Abbott which wa was alJ read rend last laet night at a meeting of the National Le League for tor the Civic lc Education Education Education Edu Edu- cation of Women omen held In Now New York Mrs lira J. J M. M Conine a former member of or tb the state les legislature says Juvenile Ju Judge Ben B B. Lindsey e known wn throughout tho the country as aa a rC result of lava lawo which have havo been enacted through his Influence will bear witness to tho the fact lct that those tho laws owe iner moroto moro more to the women of Colorado than to an any other influence Other Othor women lenders leaders express themselves themselves them thorn selves similar to Mrs Decker and Mrs Irs Conine S |